Apollo 11 Mission Image – Astronaut Edwin Aldrin

Image Credit:
NASA/JSC

Published:
June 28, 2018

Historical Date:
July 20, 1969

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. In the right background is the lunar module. On Aldrin's right is the Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment, already deployed. This photograph was taken by astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, with a 70mm lunar surface camera.